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January 2009
Volume 5, Issue 1
The Official Publication of the Willowlake Homeowners Association
Walk In The Park
If you are a regular user of our Willowlake park area, the next time you’re there, you may notice a new exercise station located between the gazebos and the parking lot. This equipment comes to Willowlake as part of an Eagle Scout service project by way of Justin Montes, a current Willowlake resident. Also, as this newsletter is being published, work also is in progress for “mile markers” around our walking path. If you know Justin,please take a moment to thank him for his efforts to enhance our subdivision’s common areas.
Flying Eagles
Clay Road Baptist School is proud to announce our “Flying Eagles” for the first quarter of the school year. Like a traditional honor roll based on academics, “Flying Eagles” is an honor roll based on character. Students are selected based on qualities like patience, kindness, work ethic, spiritual growth, respectfulness, study skills, consideration of others and joyfulness. We are especially pleased to recognize the following students: K 1st 2nd 3rd
Mark Nimri- Tampke Bianca Gordon Olivia Einnarsson Connor Panto Natalie Morel Carter Joutraw Jonathan Loebl
4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
David Scott Mary-Kate Scurlock Hope Tang Kirsten Binkley Cody Parcus Beau Powell Corrie Andrews
LADIES BUNKO NIGHT
Ladies BUNKO Group is looking for players. We meet on the 4th Monday night of every month. Come for food and fun. Dice and food will be provided. Just bring yourselves along with a $5 contribution. Prizes are distributed at the end of the night! For more details contact Amy Shearon at abar@rice. edu or 281-894-7663.
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You are invited to join the members of the Northwest Harris County Aggie Moms Club as we welcome Ron SasseDirector of Residence Life as the speaker for our January 13 meeting. Come listen as Ron shares his vision of how living on campus helps students learn to live in a community of individuals with different interests, cultures, lifestyles, and attributes. Find out about the benefits of living on campus (as well as some of the trials your student may face), the plans for providing additional housing, and how the Department of Residence Life handled the challenges of finding housing for our displaced Galveston Aggies after Hurricane Ike. Join us and learn through the experiences of other moms about how to best support our outstanding Aggies! We will meet for food, fun, and fellowship at 7:00 p.m. at the Houston Distributing Company, conveniently located near Willowbrook Mall at the corner of 7100 High Life Drive and Cutten Road, just south of FM 1960. Hope to see you there! Shelly Fine-VP Programs 832-606-8170
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Lone Star College-CyFair Perspective It’s Not Too Late to Register for Spring Semester Classes Spring semester classes begin Jan. 12. It’s not too late to register for spring as well as some late start and continuing education courses. Lone Star College-CyFair provides a variety of options such as weekend, evening, distance learning and even hybrid (part on campus instruction and part online learning) courses. For information, call 281-290-3200 or 832-782-5000 or go online to CyFair.LoneStar.edu. Center for the Arts Season Tickets on Sale Order your seats for the 2009 Season of Entertainment at Lone Star College-CyFair and not only save 25% off regular ticket prices, but receive one free ticket to the 2009 summer children’s production. A variety of season ticket packages are available for this year’s engaging and enjoyable choral, music and theatre line up. All performances are held in the Center for the Arts on the Barker Cypress campus at 9191 Barker Cypress. Call 281-290-5201 or go to CyFair.LoneStar.edu/boxoffice for information. Deadline Jan. 26 to Submit a Film for Quack Attack Competition Do you have what it takes to make a movie? Five-minute film submissions will be accepted monthly through Jan. 26, with the Quack Attack Film Festival set for Feb. 27. Competition categories
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Cypress Christian School Families Help Cypress Assistance Ministries The Cypress Christian School community overwhelmed CAM (Cypress Assistance Ministries) with 134 turkeys and two truckloads of food on November 19. Beginning in October, students contributed non-perishable food items and toiletries for families in need. Mr. Gaithe, CAM’s representative, spoke to students at elementary chapel November 19. He explained to the students that CAM’s food pantry was low (due to needs caused by Hurricane Ike) and that they did not have even one turkey to give to the 200 families that needed them. Because of the generosity of Cypress Christian school families, CAM was able to meet the needs of those families. Afterward, some of the fourth and fifth grade boys helped Mr. Gaithe load two trucks of food and toiletry items donated by school families. A third truck was sent to Kroger and loaded with 134 turkeys that had been purchased by the faculty and staff. CAM was overwhelmed by the school’s generosity. Mr. Gaithe, through tears, asked the school staff to personally thank everyone for the outpouring of generosity. The relationship between Cypress Christian School and CAM began many years ago and continues to this day. The school has partnered to help meet the needs of families in crisis due to illness, job loss or other circumstances.
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Submitted by Charlie & Michelle Bubnis Did you know that dryer sheets, air fresheners, scented laundry soap, scented cleaners and scented body lotion tend to have one thing in common? 95% of the chemicals used in these particular products contain artificial fragrance molecules derived from petroleum which have shown to pose human health risks. The chemical fragrance industry is virtually unregulated. Full disclosure of the ingredients in their products is not necessary because these ingredients are considered “trade secrets”. Because of this in 2005 the Food and Drug administration (FDA) issued a warning to the fragrance industry stating that the agency is serious about enforcing a law requiring companies to inform consumers that their products have not been safety tested. Several of the common fragrance ingredients found in these products are: a) benzyl alcohol – a central nervous system (CNS) depressant. b) coumarin – animal carcinogen c) p- cymene – chronic effects: damage to lungs, liver, kidneys. Target organ: CNS d) diethyl phthalate – possible risk of congenital malformation of fetus, targets nerves
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